Report: Real-world police forensics don't resemble 'CSI' – Even before the popularity of shows like CSI, there was presumably a cultural belief in the "science" behind these techniques. But the report finds that:
– Fingerprint science "does not guarantee that two analysts following it will obtain the same results."
– Shoeprint and tire-print matching methods lack statistical backing, making it "impossible to assess."
– Hair analyses show "no scientific support for the use of hair comparisons for individualization in the absence of (DNA)."
– Bullet match reviews show "scientific knowledge base for tool mark and firearms analysis is fairly limited."
– Bite-mark matches display "no scientific studies to support (their) assessment, and no large population studies have been conducted."

NJOY electronic cigarette – Looks like a real cigarette, complete with glowing tip on inhale, and exhaled vapor that resembles smoke. Gives an inhaled nicotine experience, while messaging to the rest of the world that you are really smoking a real lit cigarette. Paging Erving Goffman?

Someone was using one a party last week; someone else got out their simulated Zippo lighter (an iPhone app) and lit it for them.